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In a year with few highlights, the Under The Lights Game seemed destined to be another forgettable game in the 2014 season. All in all it wasn’t pretty, two struggling teams slogged through the game and Michigan managed a win based mostly on the 2nd half defensive performance. The offense continued to be lackluster, the counter play hurt the defense early, and the special teams were steady with no miscues, but then the pass rush showed up and that really was the story of the game.

I’ve mentioned before that I have a hard time criticizing the players, so it is hard to write when the team is doing poorly, but make no mistake, I’m here for the team. I support the team every time I’m at the stadium right down until the clock reads 0:0. Fortunately or unfortunately I missed the Utah game so I didn’t have to suffer through the rain. I’m not sure how I would have protected the camera.

At any rate, here are my pictures from the game, which are not to my satisfaction. I really need to come up with a better lens/setting combo for night games. I’ll work on that.

Pregame under the lights, even the student section is pretty full.

We brought out the big American Flags again which I like, although I think they had the nearest upside down since a big seam showed.

Raymon Taylor with a nice defensive play.

Amara Darboh goes up between defenders for a nice grab.

Funchess juggles then grabs the TD pass from Gardner.

Blake Countess in tight coverage on this completion.

Devin Gardner in the pocket, watching for Smith to break.

Amara Darboh with another grab.

Funchess doesn’t quite catch this one.

Another shot of Gardner in the pocket.

This counter play took us by surprise the entire first half. At least on this one the back goes wide and we stop it.

James Ross goes diving on the pile…

Brennen Beyer with the sack.

De’Veon Smith on the swing pass.

Funchess with the reception.

Jeremy Clark on the coverage for this nice catch.

A missed tackle by Joe Bolden leads to big yards.

While Devin was out hurt Russell Bellomy came in at QB, handed the ball off a couple of times and almost threw a pick-6.

Godin and Clark have the QB in their sights, but he gets the pass away.

Devin Gardner back in the game, but a little gimpy. Not putting much weight on that right foot.

Frank Clark with a sack!

Norfleet with the fair catch. He’s surrounded.

Any recap of this game would not be complete without mentioning Norfleet’s dance moves and the Atomic Dog. Here are my shots!

And it certainly wouldn’t be finished without a scoreboard shot of the final score and stats, so here you go.

Final score 18-13.

I hope you like my photos, stay tuned for the next installment. Feel free to comment here or send me a message on twitter to @jfk81 If you’re interested in using any of my photos, please contact me as well.